Suzuki to establish Industrial Training Institute in Gujarat

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Suzuki Motor Corporation has decided to establish an industrial training institute in Gujarat state, India to cooperate on the human resource development in the manufacturing sector in India by “Manufacturing Skill Transfer Promotion Programme” agreed between the governments of India and Japan.

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The industrial training institute will be established as “Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing” (JIM), and the new term of the institute to be cooperated by Suzuki will begin in August 2017 at Mehsana district in Gujarat state. The JIM will offer seven technical courses: Fitter, Electrician, Mechanic Diesel, Motor Mechanic Vehicle, Mechanic Auto Body Repair, Mechanic Auto Body Paint Repair and Welder, and the students of each course will be trained for one to two years. The institute pursues the total graduates from this institute after 2018 of approximately 300 persons.
The JIM will be established and run by Maruti Suzuki India Limited, an Indian subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation.

Comment by Osamu Suzuki, Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation:

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“In the course of promotion of Indian government’s “Make in India” and “Skill India”, we are greatly honored that we can participate in this project as a Japanese firm. Through the Japanese style manufacturing, we hope to cooperate to the human resource development in India and to contribute to the development of manufacturing industry in India.”

India's prime minister, Narendra Modi and the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe along with members of India-Japan Business Leaders’ Forum, in Tokyo, Japan on November 11, 2016 during the announcement of the plan.

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Suzuki Motor Corporation has announced that it plans to set up an industrial training institute in Gujarat, to cooperate on the human resource development in the manufacturing sector in India by ‘Manufacturing Skill Transfer Promotion Programme’ agreed between the governments of India and Japan on November 11, 2016.

Maruti Suzuki has announced its plans to set up an Industrial Training Institute in Mehsana, Gujarat. Called the Japan-India Institute of Manufacturing (JIM), this new ITI is expected to start its first batch from August 2017. Through the new institute, the automaker aims to train 300 youths per year in technical trades and Japanese shopfloor practices.

The JIM will be operated and managed by Maruti Suzuki India Limited under its corporate social responsibility initiative. The automaker has already committed an initial investment of Rs. 3.2 Crores for the institute.

The ITI has been announced after a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was recently signed in Tokyo between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan (METI) and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India (MSDE). Under this MoC, The Governments of Japan and India will partner for a “Manufacturing Skill Transfer Promotion Programme” which aims to train 30,000 youths in India over 10 years.